Comments on: What A Drug Addict Can Teach Us About Goal Setting

By: Occ

Occ — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 10:27:36 +0000

The visualizing stuff always strikes me as a little bit silly — in that when we intentionally “visualize” things, its just trying to force a process that comes naturally. When we want something, don’t we always “visualize” it? If I want to make money so I can do XYZ, obviously I’m “visualizing” — I doubt this is the issue. The most important thing is to continue working towards the goal, while OCCASIONALLY reevaluating your strategy based on what you learn through failure and smaller successes…and OCCASIONALLY reevaluating the goal itself. If I spend too much time visualizing, I end up doing no actual work

By: Persistence Unlmtd

Persistence Unlmtd — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:58:05 +0000

What A Drug Addict Can Teach Us About Goal Setting http://bit.ly/1rFBXW

By: Kathy

Kathy — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 04:48:10 +0000

I liked this. It’s true. The article was about goal setting and the steps are the same for each of us whatever the goal happens to be. I am currently doing a research study about students’ math self efficacy scores and their relationship to student math achievement. This topic came to me while sitting in a class in which the professor suggested I drop until I had more time to devote to it. I chose not to drop it, and reach my goal of passing it. Despite the circumstances, I said to myself, ” I can do this.” It was then that I examined what made me continue in the face of adversity when so many students, young and old alike, give up before they even get started. The post about companies “throwing” goals at their people is interesting. Most people are aware that people must help create their own goals in order to own them. I suggest that if your company is making goals for you, you should look to those goals as the company’s focus and use those to help guide the creation of your own managable goals. Good luck.

By: Omar

Omar — Wed, 03 May 2006 18:58:16 +0000

A harsh driver results in great goal setting? Sure!

Chemical imbalance, butt on fire, all work well, but beg the question:
What does this do to the overall balance of a person’s life. Is the balance in a drug addicts life as out of whack as the balance in a very driven entrepreneur’s life?
Interesting thing to contemplate.

Perhaps, the single overriding goal would be (to paraphrase the commercial), achieve new balance. Other goals are then all in support of that one.

By: Brad Isaac

Brad Isaac — Mon, 13 Mar 2006 15:51:01 +0000

I’m not sure how I’m being disrespectful, so please explain.

Best of luck on the road to recovery, btw.

By: Meth Addict

Meth Addict — Mon, 13 Mar 2006 07:41:49 +0000

As someone newly in recovery, I find this article to be blatantly patronizing and disrespectful.

By: nicola

nicola — Wed, 15 Feb 2006 21:05:28 +0000

being a drug addict *and* a entrepeneur, i can say that you’ve hit a nail here. the drive that a deep urge -like the drug-induced-chemical imbalance – produces in personal life really bust the decision making and the focus in highly limited goals.

By: Brad Isaac

Brad Isaac — Wed, 15 Feb 2006 05:44:25 +0000

“But, what about its effectiveness in meeting the 20 or more goals that companies seem to throw at us simultaneiously?”

Well, if your company is throwing 20 goals your way, then they don’t understand what a goal is. Company goals would be things like: improve customer base by 20%, earn 15% more over the next year, reduce employee turnover by 30%. If they have 20 of those all directed your way, they need to hire more people.

But likely, you are talking about projects.

By: Ivan Minic

Ivan Minic — Mon, 13 Feb 2006 06:53:47 +0000

I prefer not to try

By: jlevarre

jlevarre — Sun, 12 Feb 2006 11:42:48 +0000

drug addicts dont visualise their goal,
they are driven by a neurochemical receptor
screaming for its chemical mate…the non addicts equivelant of having they’re butt
set on fire…just a tiny motivator…

no amount of visualisation will give you
that core biochemical motivation

good metaphor for non addicts though,
thanks for the article..